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Comparettia falcata

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Comparettia falcata
1857 illustration from
Curtis's Botanical Magazine
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Comparettia
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C. falcata
Binomial name
Comparettia falcata
Poepp. & Endl. (1836)

Comparettia falcata is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Comparettia. It is widespread across much of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America.[1]

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